A libxml2 security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:0781-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0781-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1172021
Cross-References: CVE-2019-19956
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-19956: Reverted the upstream fix for this memory leak because
it introduced other, more severe vulnerabilities (bsc#1172021).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-781=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libxml2-2-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-tools-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
python2-libxml2-python-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1
libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

libxml2-doc-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19956.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172021